Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04
HORSE GOSSIP.
First Annual Meeting of the Ticonderoga
Horse breeders Association.

George February 10, 1887. The association
has opened stakes for foals of 1884, 'S5, 'SG
to he trotted for at their annual meetin.
hold on Lib coor,,a 1, Eohrrorv oon,
ne.,l VII I'm ".o' So ~ 80, ICY o"o'
year. All cOltS ored or lOaled IN the Stat'
of Vermont or counties of Essex Clinton
Warren, WIS hinuton and Saratoga, il
the State of New York, are eligible TO tn,
above stakes, nominations close March /
This race next month is for foals Of
1884 and thu following are the colts nom
mated
Lady Van. j W vandyke.
Josiah, George Coroin:
Meni = Vaughton.
" rie' N neeier.
Iamhe,to w port.r
Wanda q ID Sherman
| Etheo IL 70 it's
Lad CUTS II 7 QUITS
| iai VII ~ =, ~ 10 Hi Hi
Cant Horton Il wicker
Kenmost, & G wicker.
Arubea l. Porter.
Alpine, 5 Bailey,
i TToRel Isni ROCK, DR. - Sle giI
| E LGIh ltii, NJ paIIc9 /" "h'ean'
Chopiotts NJ e y Wilson
| Knapp, S G Bailey.
The race is tn he balf-mile beats hos,
sin / and the nnrse ,ilI he dividad os
| follows. Fiftv nor cont to lar y, nor cont
| to 2d IL ner cent to Ri IN Nor cent to Al
| Gets Of tha foiio,yin1 stoij;ons ,,,iii H.
shown at the ice meeting, FEB. IS, 1887
| Aristos, Lambertus, Ben Franklin, Beau
| sire, Almont Star, Deucalon, Kenmore
| Garthwait, Sherman, and other good stall.
| lions. If 1t is possible the stations them
selves will be shown. b. w. BurleiRh is
president of the association and G. b.
Hall, secretary.
-
Mr.. d. II. Morse of West Randolnb a
breeder of Morgan horses and Uoista;n
cattle, has reason to he nroud of his fiilv
Lady Burleiph. foaIed in lime. 1sS5 Sbe,
was sired by Aristos. 2:278/. son OF Daniel
Lambert dam Bessie a grand danuber ~
Rysdyk's Hambletonian She stand iAsI
hands high. is dark bay in color win
black points. and has a fine trottino mr..
ton. '''As az
Josenb potto,, tho wal, L,o hu,o.
hoe r. &C.,, ~ 81 ht,u oiteuei /,
dam of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, and has
found of all the men that owned her while
IN New York city, not one pretended to
know about her breeding. He is of the
opinion that she was, in fact, by Imp.
b1eIiiounuer, ana tnat the Seelys estab-
Iisneu IhiS over the heads or former own
ers. lie has proved that the famous old
Golting mare Black Maria was by Young
LOCK OF tne Rock, and not by Harris's
f1ainpletonlan. just now he Is looking
up the dam of Goldsmith Maid, and has
slruck not trail.
~ response to the inquiry of the Mirror
una fd11ner as TO what is the best record
ever maze over Vermont track two re-
sponSes were received. A resident of
miuuleoury, says that Phyllis trotted in
SS'%ol4 over the track at burlington about
-FOUR years ago, aad this he believes to be
we pesl Vermont record. A resident at
trotta Senire claitns tnat James D.
No. ttut'e t 80 ~ in Cne free ior-all-race IN
SantaOhnr' V 5s SlioMh as actoey folnu),
b,ppo "a l.r go, dI',' III d siA.n neat we
nt ~ pc, sonaI hto"ieuse Oh the track
a. ,na,iInesi h Gentrs' put ,nasmuch as
cnit 60 toil 'G ho reooiu Is 800, IL Is ulLl
t thar 10 t taa. now ne coulu nave trotted
VII hon1 iast 'a o1r toriespo1ueng claims
o 1919 nf Eeri.he ,aster record. Inc rec,
U we y, a thyiiis husI stand as tne best until
he e R beot Iei'aoie Information that II has
"Vondette Boy" owned by the Won
dette brothers of West Rutland is match
ed with any four-year-old to trot for
money, on the ice or road.
About 300 people from Fair Haven
Rutland, Ira and Poultney and Castieton
assembled at Lake Bomoseen Friday AT
ternoon to witness the attemnt of one NJ
the pair of horses owned by II. K. Arm
strong to trot a mile on the ice inside of
three minutes without making a break.
The horse made the distance in "a with
out once leaving his feet.
A writer in speaking of the speed that
Victor Won. Bismarck is breeding saws
that Victor Wilkes now in Fair Haven
should he be worked for a record during
1887 ought to come close to 22O gait.6
The Era says that Victor Wilkes will be
kept.in Fair Haven this season and will be
worked for record next fall.
DR.. w. j. Gray of Waterloo, n. Y. who
bred Sunrise Patchen three wear old
record 1850 is sanguine that the two
minute limit will yet be reached by a
trotter and that the animal destined to &C
complish this feat isnow in existence The
doctor says of this prodigy, He is eight
months old the 26th of this month, and
was sired by Seneca Patchen His first
dam was sired by Seneca Chief, his second
dam was old Mamie Daniels, by Grey
hound, by Hill Black Hawk, and Mamie
Daniels dam was also by HIPS Black
Hawk. Old Mamie Daniels produced
George b. Daniels (2:24) and Billy Gid
dinks trial to pole in 2.2D. This two min
ute trotter have named Bartholdi Patch